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The Weinstein Company released a new 60-second spot for its coming film “The Giver.” The story focuses on a boy named Jonas, played by Brenton Thwaites, who lives in what appears to be a seemingly perfect community without pain, suffering or war.

However, his society also lacks freedom of choice, which becomes problematic when he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory and learns about life beyond the conformity to which he has become accustomed.

Phillip Noyce directs the movie, which is based on the book by Lois Lowry. It also stars Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. “The Giver” is due in theaters Aug. 15. Read More »

The star of Monday’s New York Fashion Week line up was indisputably Thom Browne, whose show was an haute couture theater of the absurd. From the latex leggings to the Bellatrix Lastrange hair, the look of the collection was pure electroshock therapy, in exquisitely tailored costumes that suggest that we should all loosen up when it comes to the shapes of our apparel.

Far from psychotic, Mr. Browne has a lucid recognition that fashion shows are about entertaining the imagination with a label’s highest concepts.

His ideas this season seem to center on geometric seaming (seams running every which way) and an unwillingness to insist that clothing accept the contours of the human body. The commercial collection for stores will be barely recognizable as the Cuckoo’s Nest we witnessed, just as Michelle Obama’s inauguration dress was unrecognizable — except for the fabric — as part of Mr. Browne’s fall 2013 collection. Read More »

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced in what appeared to be record time for a Hollywood power couple, but the split continues to generate ugly fallout, including a defamation lawsuit filed against two tabloid magazines by Cruise Wednesday in a Los Angeles federal court.

Cruise’s $50 million claim charges that Life & Style Weekly and In Touch magazines falsely claimed he “abandoned” his six-year-old daughter.

“Through his representatives, [Mr. Cruise] has attempted to correct these fabrications by providing defendants with the true facts before the lies went to press,” according to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Read More »

How big a deal is the CEO of Barneys New York? Big enough that Katie Holmes cut short a conversation during her New York Fashion Week presentation to embrace him, exclaiming, “I’m your neighbor!”

Mark Lee, who is well known in fashion but is no household name, oversees one of the most influential U.S. fashion retailers. The former Mrs. Tom Cruise could use his juice. She was touting Holmes & Yang on Wednesday, a line of luxury daywear that she cooked up with longtime stylist Jeanne Yang.

New York is becoming clogged with celebrities launching fashion lines. Fashion insiders swoon over The Row, designed by the Olsen twins, and Victoria Beckham’s eponymous line. Read More »

The announcement that Hollywood star and prominent Scientologist Tom Cruise is breaking up with his actress wife Katie Holmes has brought the controversial religion back under the media microscope.

But Yatin Bajaj, the head of communications at the Scientology center in New Delhi, unsurprisingly prefers to talk about matters closer to home, and how Scientology, which is based on a belief in Thetans or spirits that control the mind, is attracting people in India. Read More »

Katie Holmes has filed for divorce, according to Tom Cruise’s spokesperson.

“Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children. Please allow them their privacy to work this out,” added the spokesperson.

Cruise, 49 and Holmes, 33, married in 2006 and have a 6-year-old daughter, Suri.

Holmes has hired New Jersey divorce attorney Jonathan W. Wolfe.

Cruise is one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, earning an estimated $75 million over the past year according to Forbes. His most recent film, “Rock of Ages” has grossed $31 million at the domestic box office.

This was Holmes’ first marriage and the third for Cruise. He was previously married to actresses Nicole Kidman (with whom he has two adopted children) and Mimi Rogers. Read More »

After five years of seeing her mostly via paparazzi photos and gossip columns, Katie Holmes’ role in “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” is an overdue reminder that she is an actress first. In the film, which was written by Guillermo del Toro (“Hellboy”) and directed by newcomer Troy Nixey, Holmes plays Kim, a young woman who becomes protective of her new husband’s daughter (played by Bailee Madison) after the little girl is terrorized by violent goblin-like creatures. Speakeasy caught up with Holmes via telephone to discuss her role in “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark;” additionally, she talked about juggling the challenges of having a family in a workaholic household, and revealed her thoughts about finding interesting female roles in an industry that frequently writes interesting ones only for males. Read More »

“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce, tells the story of a young girl (played by Bailee Madison) who goes to live with her father and his girlfriend in a new house. Except the house isn’t empty, and pretty soon, the family finds itself trapped inside in the dark.

The 99-minute horror film is directed by comic-book artist Troy Nixey and written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins. It is a remake of a 1973 television movie of the same name.

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